Reader Quotes

2239 quotes by 1386 authors

Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because… — Dorothy Allison
I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want… — Sharon Creech
I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to… — Gary Coleman
In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. — Patricia Cornwell
I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web to be controlled… — Robert Cailliau
I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball. — Robert Carlyle
When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask… — Simon Callow
Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author. — Jonathan Dee
The idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly more… — Samuel R. Delany
The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story. — Sylvia Day
The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible. — Anita Diament
Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks. — Cory Doctorow
My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion. — Diane Duane
What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing… — Diane Duane
I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things… — Helen Dunmore
Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a… — Helen Dunmore
The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put… — Helen Dunmore
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can… — Jeffery Deaver
Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon. — John Doerr
If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders… — Ted Dekker

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